UNH launches 2nd spinout company with NIH grants
...r, and now CEO, Bill Hersman launched Xemed LLC to commercialize the technology he developed for polarizing xenon gas. "Prof. Hersman's initial work was driven by intellectual curiosity and wasn't designed for commercial development," said UNH Vice President for Research and Public Service John Aber. "This clearl...Novel p53 gene-based therapy boosts immune system and reduces tumor size
...holds a licensing agreement with M. D. Anderson to commercialize products based on licensed technologies, and has the option to license future technologies under sponsored research agreements. The University of Texas System Board of Regents owns stock in Introgen. These arrangements are managed in accordance with ...Designing an ultrasensitive 'optical nose' for chemicals
...hods. Vescent Photonics of Denver, Colo., hopes to commercialize the method as an "optical nose" for atmospheric monitoring. The portable sensors would rapidly identify chemicals in a gas sample based on the frequencies of light they absorb. Other applications eventually may include detection of chemical weapons a...First medical test on CD gets good results
...he project. Yang and Lee are founding a company to commercialize the CD technology. Until then, product development is being handled by Bioprocessing Innovative Company, Inc., a company in which Yang is a part owner. Lee and Yang are working with Marc Madou, formerly of Ohio State and now a professor of mechanical...VELCADE(TM) data confirms long-term survival
...e agreement, Ortho Biotech and Janssen-Cilag, will commercialize VELCADE TM outside of the U.S., including Europe....Who wants to talk about premature ejaculation?
... ALZA Corporation obtained rights to develop and commercialize dapoxetine under an agreement among ALZA, Pharmace...e agreement ALZA acquired the right to develop and commercialize dapoxetine for urogenital indications, including premature ejaculation, on a worldwide basis. ...Blood screen may help cancer patients thwart radiation side effects, say Stanford researchers
...ger number of samples. A biotech company must also commercialize the screen and make it available to medical labs....Optical glucose sensor holds promise for diabetics and intensive care patients
...transfer from the university to a company that can commercialize on this," Wipke said. "The collaboration has enabled the research to flourish and supported graduate student education at the university, and it has enabled the start of a new company in the Santa Cruz area." Glumetrics is based at the UC Monterey Ba...New dressing for wounds developed at Hebrew University
...iversity's Yissum Research Development Company, to commercialize the new wound dressing. The company is now negotiating with investors for further development....Mayo Clinic develops new technology to improve diagnosis of arm and hand injuries and disease
...ers. Mayo has obtained FDA approval to market and commercialize these devices, making them available to other medical centers nationwide. Named Mayo Clinic BC-10 MRI Coils, these devices are highly sophisticated units used in taking detailed pictures of a particular part of the body. They produce high resolution...PRAECIS PHARMACEUTICALS INC receives FDA approval for Plenaxis
...'s ability to hire a sales force and successfully commercialize Plenaxis TM , the Company's ability to manufacture Plenaxis TM on a commercial scale, the timing and content of decisions made by the FDA or foreign regulatory authorities, unexpected results in ongoing and future clinical or preclinical trials, the...Brain signals from the paralyzed or injured captured by computer
...by John Donoghue, PhD. Cyberkinetics is seeking to commercialize a neural output device to help patients with severe motor impairment. All the authors are Cyberkinetics employees and shareholders. "The disadvantage of the computerized assistive devices used today is that they require an individual to use substitut...US DoE awards $4 million in funding to Stevens' Center for MicroChemical Systems
... interest in establishing a new business entity to commercialize products anticipated from the projects, will undertake an analysis of potential markets for microchannel reactors. Other partnership possibilities emerging as an outgrowth of these projects include relationships with catalyst manufacturers, since dev...Texas A&M, ECOR sign deal to produce health-related proteins
...cense agreement, ECOR acquires exclusive rights to commercialize the Texas A&M patents in the field of bio-processing. ECOR's subsidiary, proCANE LLC, will produce the sugarcane-derived, high-value proteins. Recombinant proteins are produced by splicing a gene, or a combination of genes, into an organism to induc...Improved molecular beacons show promise for cancer detection, rapid viral diagnosis
... Bao has formed a start-up company Vivonetics to commercialize the patent-pending technology. The company recently received a $50,000 commercialization grant from the Georgia Research Alliance.Many challenges lie ahead. In early and more curable stages of cancer, the amount of marker RNA is low in bodily flui...Map data goes live with voice, gesture-based computer system
...ogies, Inc., a company spun off from Penn State to commercialize speech-gesture interfaces. The recognition of speech and gesture is the first step for the system that researchers say can improve and streamline decision making for crisis management personnel and others. "Our goal is to make the system understand...License agreement signed to commercialize intelligent hearing aid
...turer of technologically advanced hearing aids, to commercialize an intelligent hearing aid system. The new hearing-aid technology will be able to spatially separate sounds and process them in a way much like the human brain. A key feature of the new system is its ability to integrate signals from each ear so th...Harvard chemist wins national award for creating new molecules
...usual position of working closely with industry to commercialize this and other processes. "It takes a lot more than a good reaction in the laboratory," he said he learned first thing. "In my opinion, Jacobsen has established himself as the premier young reaction designer of his generation," wrote a colleague to...Millennium, Aventis Pharma form novel alliance
...new drugs in the field of inflammation and jointly commercialize the resulting products in North America. The found... collaboration is to jointly discover, develop and commercialize products to treat specific inflammatory diseases: rheumatoid arthritis, asthma and chronic obstructi......nue development jointly. The companyis licensed to commercialize new applications of its joint discoveries with UIC,while the university holds the patents. First authors on the Science report are husband and wife researchers PavelKomarov and Elena Komarova of UIC; Roman Kondratov, a visiting scholar at UIC;Konstan...